Slimy Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Justin Uberti, lead developer of AOL Instant Messenger who worked on the product for almost nine years, last week left the company and joined the ranks of Google. Uberti played an integral role in the launch of AIM Triton and the Open AIM initiative.Google has long been hiring top talent from rivals such as Microsoft and Yahoo, and Uberti's departure from AOL may indicate the search giant wishes to grow its fledgling Google Talk client. As part of Google's $1 billion investment in AOL, the companies already plan to link up their IM networks and Uberti could play a role in making that a reality. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOC Veteran Posted October 16, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 16, 2006 Holy crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgeburner Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Wow. :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 yeah its on his blog. i dont have the link anymore because i deleted it, but do a search for running man blog or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted October 16, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 16, 2006 Google seems to be making all the right moves right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Wow. :wacko: +1 How many AIM users are there? 40 million +? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaptain chump Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 i wonder if there is some kind of clause in his employment with AOL that says he cannot take ideas he created while working with AOL to google. Dumb question....im sure there was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted October 16, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 16, 2006 +1 How many AIM users are there? 40 million +? 55+ million I believe. I read this on his blog last week. Definitely going to be interesting to see where the team heads now. I'm just hoping someone with common sense steps in and not someone who thinks ICQ took the perfect product road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 i wonder if there is some kind of clause in his employment with AOL that says he cannot take ideas he created while working with AOL to google. Dumb question....im sure there was But with google's 1 billion investment, I am sure it will be overlooked or nullified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZonoBurk Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 55+ million I believe. I read this on his blog last week. Definitely going to be interesting to see where the team heads now. I'm just hoping someone with common sense steps in and not someone who thinks ICQ took the perfect product road. Yeah I read on his blog also. I agree with you, I hope AIM doesn't fall. I hope they don't screw it up. That's all AOL needs. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEROarmy Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I guess he'll teach Google how to bloat the crap out of their products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inplode Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 money talks and BS walks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZonoBurk Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I guess he'll teach Google how to bloat the crap out of their products. Like they don't know. :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eilegz Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 if someone can make google talk to become something amazing like ICQ then it would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconoclast Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Did anyone even use ICQ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFiberOptics Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Did anyone even use ICQ? In the early days, I hear it was the messenger of choice. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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